Table Dance
(Harthill & Ballantrae)
repurposed cotton dyed with pear wood and block printed with solvent-free inks.
108 × 222cm
2025
Thud
(Killearn autumn drape)
Repurposed cotton dyed with ash bark and block printed with solvent-free ink.
Photo credit:
Gabriela Silveira
100 × 140cm
2024
THUD
still from live performance.
Photo credit:
Alexander Williamson
Duration 40mins
2025
THUD
documentation clip from live performance.
Film credit:Tommy Grace with additional editing by
Duncan Marquiss
Duration 40mins
2025
Created for Ash Rise, a touring group exhibition exploring the historic and contemporary brilliance of the ash tree as a material and the challenges of ash die-back. A related collaborative performance by Hannah Deus Draper and Kate Owens took place on 3 May 2025 in The Chapel at Eden Court, Inverness.
Linen Solo
(winter roof terrace)
Irish linen block printed with solvent-free inks.
200 × 150cm
2024
Linen Solo
(winter roof terrace)
documentation of live performance.
Photo credit:
Rachel Deakin
Duration 40mins
2024
A site specific performance made for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art inspired by 'Calico Mingling', a 1973 dance by Lucinda Childs. Borrowing Childs’ loose arm gestures and time signature, this work sets out to record details from MIMA’s open-air roof terrace, one step at a time.
Creeping Velvet (Pollokshields late summer drape and overlap)
Irish linen naturally dyed with birch bark and block printed with solvent-free inks.
Photo Credit:
Katherine Anne Rose
225 × 120cm
2023
Detail:
Creeping Velvet (Pollokshields late summer overlap)
Irish linen naturally dyed with birch bark and block printed with solvent-free inks.
Photo Credit:
Katherine Anne Rose
2023
Creeping Velvet (Midmar autumn weave)
Irish linen naturally dyed with red dock and block printed with solvent-free inks
Photo Credit:
Katherine Anne Rose
150 × 185cm
2023
Created for Craft Scotland's presentation at Collect 2023. The title 'Creeping Velvet' was adapted from spoken accounts of velvet ribbon puckering and creeping within Bernat Klein's experimental woven tweeds of the 1960’s.
Livid
block printed cotton dyed with Red Dock plant dye.
Photo Credit:
Ciorstaidh Monk
300 × 125cm
2022
Made during a residency at Studio Pavilion in Summer 2022.
A Walking Wench For Three Weeks (after Joyce Clissold)
block printed and painted linen curtains.
320 × 450cm
2022
Installation at Sierra Metro Gallery as part of 'SKU' a collaborative exhibition with Morven Mulgrew. A multi-purpose bag / poster and text were commissioned by Panel to accompany the show.
Plant Web Splash
block print on linen.
150 x 210cm
Image Credit:
Plant Web Splash, Kate Owens, 2020. Crafts Council Collection: 2021.8. Photo: Stokes Photo Ltd.
2020
...and the plants and the webs and the splashing
(excerpt)
16mm film transferred to digital
© Kate Owens and Kimberley O’Neill
2020
Created as part of the 2020 TOAST Artist-in-residence programme in partnership with the Crafts Council. The textile and film are now held in the Crafts Council Collection, UK. Filmed and edited by Kimberley O’Neill. Assisted by Duncan Marquiss.
The Shadow of Your Shadow
block printing performance.
AIR at Lawrence Works, London
2018
The Shadow of Your Shadow
detail of print
2018
The Shadow of Your Shadow
block printing performance.
AIR at Lawrence Works, London
2018
Part of a project by AIR in response to a recently closed textile factory in North London. Performed by J'Nade Alcindor, Saskel Fenton, Maria Da Silva Antunes, Julia Oliveira, Shanaya Nurse with accompanying soundtrack by Tommy Grace.
Original Condition
screen print, cotton, aluminium print screen
58 x 68cm
2017
Original Condition
screen-prints on cotton, silk and sateen, yellow-meshed aluminum print screen, aluminum legs, return receipts, plywood, nail
70 x 87 x 123cm
2017
Original Condition
screen print, cotton, aluminium print screen
70 x 87 x 62cm
2017
Series of screen prints making use of the 28-day return policy common to high street retailers.
Full Drop, Half Drop, Brick, Spot, Diamond, Triangle, Stripe, Hexagon, Ogee, Scale, Mirror, Turn-over, Swiss, Tossed, All-over
screen print on cotton
1700 x 250cm
2016
Full Drop, Half Drop, Brick, Spot, Diamond, Triangle, Stripe, Hexagon, Ogee, Scale, Mirror, Turn-over, Swiss, Tossed, All-over
detail
Full Drop (test)
screen print on paper
59 x 94cm
2016
A swimming pool-sized print featuring a loose tile pattern and weekly borrowings from a local pool.
Why Don't You Put Eyes In Those Holes?
installation for a participatory workshop
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
2016
Why Don't You Put Eyes In Those Holes ?
script for a performance (extract); 6 colour screen print on card.
100 x 21cm
2016
Trying To Cut Out A Heart
fabric remnants, textile adhesive, cotton
200 x 91cm
2016
Installation for a workshop first shown at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Audio recordings of the workshop became a scripted performance whilst the physical leftovers were used to make the textile hanging 'Trying To Cut Out A Heart'.
Detail:
From The Department Of Deadends
(pink & rose)
7 colour block print on paper
70 x 70cm
2013
From The Department Of Deadends
(pink & rose)
7 colour block print on paper
70 x 70cm
2013
A series of four print editions made in response to the archive of William Morris printing blocks held by Anstey Wallpaper Company in Loughborough. The prints feature bearer bands and registration marks from some of Morris' most popular designs.
The Old You 8
indigo dye tranferred from jeans to paper
21 x 29cm
2012
The Old You 10
indigo dye tranferred from jeans to paper
21 x 29cm
2012
A series of twelve prints where loose indigo dye is transferred through wear.